Freeze
Definitions
- A surname.
- A period of intensely cold weather.
- A halt of a regular operation.
- The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
- A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.
- A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
Conjugation
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Equivalents
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Cymraegrhewi
Suomihallahyytäähyytyäjäädyttääjäädytysjäätääjäätyäjähmettääjähmettyäjumikieltokohmettaakohmettuakylmentääkylmetäpakastaapakastuapakkanenpalelluttaapalkkasulkupysähtyäpysäyttääsulkeasulkuviilentääviiletä
Gàidhligreòth
हिन्दीजमना
ქართულიყინვა
Кыргызчатоңуу
Lëtzebuergeschfréieren
मराठीजमणे
Bahasa Melayubeku
नेपालीजम्नु
Nederlandsbevriezenbevriezinginvriezenloonstopsalarisstopstilvallenvastlopenverstijvenvorstvorstperiodevriezen
Русскийвиснутьвставатьвстатьзависа́ниезависнутьзаклиниватьзаклинитьзамеретьзамерзатьзамёрзнутьзамиратьзамораживатьзаморозитьзаморозкизастыватьзастытьмёрзнутьморозитьморозыфриз
ئۇيغۇرچەتوڭماق
O'zbekchatoʻngmoq
Examples
“In order⟳ to work⟳ properly, the cotton stripper required that the plant⟳ be brown and brittle, as happened after a freeze⟳, so that the cotton bolls could snap⟳ off easily.”
“Without a freeze⟳ it might be possible to proceed with the production and deployment of such destabilizing systems as the MX, Trident II, cruise missiles and SS-18s, -19s and -20s.”
“1983 October 3, Ted Kennedy, speech, Truth and Tolerance in America, Critics may oppose⟳ the nuclear freeze⟳ for what they regard as moral reasons.”
“Many of our opponents in Congress are advocating a freeze⟳ in Federal spending and an increase⟳ in taxes.”
“The reason⟳ I said the guard wasn't the toughest shot in curling is because, in my book, that's a shot called the freeze⟳. A stone thrown as a freeze⟳ comes perfectly to rest⟳ directly in front of another stone, without moving it (see⟳ Figure⟳ 10-5).”
“a hiring freeze⟳; a pay⟳ freeze⟳”
“"We need⟳ a different understanding of revenues and public expenditure. The 15-year freeze⟳ on fuel duty and lack of tax on aviation fuel are effectively a huge subsidy to those forms of travel⟳, but they are not described as subsidy because they are foregone revenue. Yet if you invest⟳ to hold⟳ rail fares, it's seen as subsidy."”
“[I]f a plaine fellow well and cleanely apparelled, either in home-ſpun ruſſet or freeze⟳ (as the ſeaſon requires) with a five pouch at his girdle, happen⟳ to appeare in his ruſticall likenes: there is a Cozen ſaies one, At which word out flies the Taker, and thus giues the onſet vpon my olde Pennyfather.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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